US Vice President Kamala Harris says European explorers 'ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations,' adding US 'must not shy away from this shameful past'
European explorers who first landed on American shores"ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations, perpetrating violence, stealing land, and spreading disease," says US Vice President Kamala Harris.
US Vice President Kamala Harris has said that the European explorers who first landed on the American shores "ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations, perpetrating violence, stealing land and spreading disease." The Biden administration would renegotiate a memo of understanding about federal funding for job training on tribal lands with tribal nations, she said. It was renegotiated in 2018 between 12 federal agencies but without input from the tribal nations affected.
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